Rubber heel



J. CELENKO RUBBER I HEEL Filed Feb. 7, 1928 Inventor B QM 405m PATENT OFFC-E.

RUBBER HEEL.

Application filed. February 7, 1928. serial No. 52,513.

The present invention relates to rubber heelsand has for its prime object to provide a shoe in combination with a rubber heel and meansfivfor detachably mounting the rubber heel on the heel of the shoe, so that the detacking and renewing of the rubber heel may be accomplished by an unskilled person in a short amount of time, with convenlence and ease.

B A still further very important object of the mvention resides in the provision of the ar-' rangement ct tacks or nails in the application of the heel layers to the sole of the shoe so as to provide a strengthened and between for the receptionof screws 8 so as to strengthen the leather heel 6 at these portions so as to prevent the screws frombeing easily pulled out.

"The numeral 9 denotes a rubber heel having apertured plates 10, embedded therein and said heel is provided with countersunk openings when registering with the apertures of the platelO. The heel 9is placed on the heel 6 and the screws 8 are inserted through the openings 11 in the apertures of the plates 10 and then embedded in the heel 6 between the nails or tacks"? arranged in the groups of four as explained. if desired,

reinforced portion for each of the screw the heel 9 may be made in sections, such as elements used for detachably connecting the rihibber heels to the heel portion of the s oe.

A still further very important object of the-invention resides in the provision of a shoe of this nature which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to Inanutact-ure, strong and durable, thoroughly efiicient and reliable in its use and. otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of COI1StI'llCl1l0I1,'&Ild in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. 1

In the drawing,

Figure l is a fragmentary bottoml plan view of a shoe showing the leather heel portion thereof Figure 2 is a similar view showing the rubber heel applied thereto.

Figure 3 is a vertical section through the heelportion of the shoe and the rubber heel.

Figure is a bottom lan view of another embodiment of the rub er heel.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing still another embodiment thereof.

-Referring to ,the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes the sole of the shoe and the numeral fizdenotes the leather heel portion thereof. This leather heel portion thereof is tacked to the heel portion of the sole 5 by means of a plurality of groups of tacks or nails 7 arranged in groups of tour with a slight space there- 9 respectively.

is illustrated in Figures --4; and 5, at 9" and 'lhese I sections are formed in accordance'with the tendency of the person who wears the heel. Somepeople wear the heels'attheir rear ends and other peo le wear their heels on the sides. Ubvious y, when the heel is sectional as shown in F ures d and 5,-only the. worn section has to going tothe shoemaker and wastin consider-' able time besides being subjects to additional expense.

It is thought that the construction, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those experienced in this art without a-more detailed descri tion thereof. lhe present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail merely by way of example, since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description,

lit will be apparent that changes in the de tails of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without de arting from the spirit or scope of the appen ed claims, or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new is l. lln combination with a shoe provided with a leather heel, of a plurality of nails distributed in groups for holding the heel to the lllll shogthe nails in each group being relatively very closely grouped; a rubber heel having'a plurality of apertures; and screws extending through the apertures and embedded in the first men't-ioned heels between the nails of the group's. H

2. In I combination with a shoe provided with a leather heel,-of a plurality of nails distributed in groups for holding the heel to the 10 shoe, the nails in each group'being relatively League very closely grouped, a rubber heel having a plurality of apertures, screws extending through the apertures and embedded in the first mentioned heel between the nails of the groups, and plates embedded in the rubber heel and apertured With their apertures in registry with the openings in the rubber heel.

In testimony whereof I affix-my signature.

JOSEPH OELENKO. 

